December 7th, 2021 was
a date that would not be forgotten in the memory of any student in Grammar
school environ.
It was a 'Black Tuesday' in which a run-away
truck driver trying to escape from road safety officials rammed into pupils of
Ojodu Junior Grammar School, Babs Fafunwa Millennium Senior Grammar School,
Babs Fafunwa Millennium Senior High School turns within the Grammar School
Ojodu Axis, turns sending them to their early graves.
According to confirmed reports,
the truck driver escaped from road safety officials (including VIO) and speed
off to Aguda in front of the Excellent Hotel where watered aggrieved and
enraged students, residents and hoodlums apprehended the culprit and forced the
truck to a half and descended on him with all kinds of tools available before
the man fled for his dear life.
Seeing this, the hoodlums took
advantage of the situation and started carting away the goods from the truck
which contained cartoons of detergents and other valuables. The vehicle was
later drove to the Grammar School Police Station at Ojodu.
No one ever thought that student
would keep memory of the event just like what played out during the END-SARS.
Wednesday 7th December,2022
makes the ugly event to be exactly one year in which nothing less than fifteen
student lost their lives. It rained `sorrow, tears and blood` as tears oozed
out freely from students, parents, friends, relatives, who lost dear ones in
that fatal accident.
The student around the
environment caused some skirmish which led to disruption of vehicles and human
traffics. Broken bottles were seen along the Oba Ogunnusi, which was footprint
of student protests. The students took to the road in protest and were later
disrupted by the police.
While fielding report from the
student about the “Black Tuesday” many of the student were really enraged and
spoke emotionally about what happened that fateful day as it was still fresh in
their memory.
Feyisara, A student of Ojodu
Junior Grammar School spoke in an emotional tone about one of the most popular
student in the school, “Doyin” who eventually became a victim of the
unfortunate incident and was snatched by the cold hands of death.
“She should have been in SS3 by
now, she was in SS2 when the incident happened, Everyone loves her because she
used to come visit us in the Junior School. I learnt that she was the only
child of her parent, I spoke to her mother after the incident, but I heard that
her mother has relocated to the village.
Another student, Jawat said that
he had gone home when he heard that some student were protesting.
The students actually started the
protest in the school, but the teachers prevented them.
Bassey Saviour, a JSS3 student
said, It was painful to lose A.k.a “Bobo. T” whose brain gushed out. He said he
joined in the protest with other students, but they were prevented by their
teachers and they were later chased out of the school premises. Saviour said,
the action of the reprehension of the teachers could not stop the students as
they still go out to protest. “You know we student can be very stubborn, after
the teachers sent us out of the school premises, we still continue our protest
outside the school” he said.
It was a day we should always
remember because I lost a close friend named “Doyin” peace said.
Tolani, A student from Omole
Senior Grammar School who said he was eye witness of the black event last year,
we were writing examination when that unfortunate incident happened. I heard that
Bobo was involved in that incident that fateful day, because I came to see my
friend in this school.
Some student said they could not
eat when that fatal incident happened. A student said a one minutes silence was
observed on the assembly ground while everyone also prayed for the repose of
souls that were lost and grant their families the fortitude to bear the loss.
Even on the social media, the
students also air their views about this fatal happening.
